But while vinyl has been hailed as a high-fidelity format for serious audiophiles, cassette tapes are, well, hissy-brown spaghetti packed in a plastic card. They’re the 1980s. Shoulder pads.

And yet the cassette is back. Sales in the U.S. grew 23% in 2018, according to Nielsen Music, with 219,000 tapes sold in 2018 compared with 178,000 in 2017, Pitchfork reported.

Plus, Maloy, the tape label owner, said that low cost translates to a low sale price. “I like tapes because it’s not a $60 record, you know. You can buy a record for $5 to $10,” Maloy said.

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